Mother bought way too much ground beef from Costco and gave me half.
Some I will use for tacos and the rest for what we have always called Macaroni, beef and pasta. Some sites have called it American Goulash.
Maybe I am making it differently because I always considered it an Italian dish because I had it at a friends house when I was a kid and they overstuffed me. Mangia, Mangia. You are so skinny Mangia.
Most sites say make it in one pot, I have always used two separate pots. One to fry the beef and drain the fat and the other to boil the pasta and drain the water and then combine the two (pasta and beef.) Add seasoning, then you add the stewed tomatoes.